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Pictured: The b-52’s.
Yet talk of difference concealed important ties. Participant and critic Steven Hager would go on to argue that the Club 57 crowd was “more interested in the sort of sensibility embodied by the b-52’s” than its Mudd Club counterpart, preferring grooviness, camp, and color to dissonance, seriousness, and black, yet the b-52s performed at the Mudd Club several times, Fred Schneider worked at the White Street spot, and his cohosting of the “Hawaiian Beach Party” set the tone for future forays into kitsch and irony. Twisting in the other direction, Mudd Club diehards Amos Poe and James Nares screened films at Club 57, the Contortions performed at the St. Mark’s spot long before they debuted on White Street… “Most of the things were extreme and very sexual, gender-bending or campy — a cross between drag shows and social critique,” recalls Diego Cortez, another participant whose social allegiance was never singular. “It was high-level camp and interesting from a theatrical point of view. I went there all the time.” Nor did clichés about drug consumption straightforwardly apply, for while mushrooms were popular on St. Mark’s Place, heroin hardly went down at all on White Street, in part because coke was the drug of choice, in part because of the sheer impracticality of shooting up in a bar. “Early on there was a bit of a rivalry,” observes [Club 57 founder Ann] Magnuson. “But I hesitate to even call it that now, even though I’ve been quoted saying as much.”
— Tim Lawrence, Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor, 1980-1983.
Here’s what we played in Ep. 345 of No Condition Is Permanent:
KC and the Sunshine Band — “That’s the Way (I Like It)” — KC and the Sunshine Band
Gboyega Adelaja — “Funky City” — Colourful Environment
The Elite UFO — “Tarantula” — Surf-Age Nuggets
Charanjit Singh — “Chhailla Babu (From “Chhailla Babu”, 1978)” — Jonny Trunk & Joel Martin Present Bollywood Funk Experience
B-52s — “52 Girls” — DB 45rpm
Prince Far I — “Message From the King” — Message From the King
Wayne Walker — “All I Can Do Is Cry” — Desperate Rock ‘N’ Roll Vol. 7
Wganda Kenya — “Combate A Kung-Fu” — The Afrosound of Colombia Vol.1
The Teacher Haters — “Cut Loose” — Wholesale EP
Noppadol Duangporn — “Yaak (Want)” — Luk Thung! The Roots Of Thai Funk: Zudrangma Vol. 3
Sam Gopal — “Cold Embrace” — Deviation Street: High Times in Ladbroke Grove 1967-1975
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou — “Ahouli Vou Yelli” — Albarika Store Archive Vol. 1
The Royal Jokers — “Beatnik” — Beat, Beat, Beatsville! Beatnik Rock ‘n’ Roll
Hùng Cường & Mai Lệ Huyền — “Hờn Anh Giận Em (Jealousy)” — Saigon Rock & Soul: Vietnamese Classic Tracks 1968-1974
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band — “Safe As Milk” — It Comes to You in a Plain Brown Wrapper
The Lebron Brothers — “Boogaloo Lebron” — Playtime: Pure 70’s Latin Soul & Boogaloo
The Rivingtons — “Mama-Oom-Mow-Mow” — Papa Oom Mow Mow: Rockin’ R&B and Boss Ballads
Don Bruce and The Angels — “Kinuye” — Nigeria 70 Vol. 4: No Wahala – Highlife, Afro-Funk & Juju 1973-1987
Ohio Players — “Runnin’ From the Devil” — Fire
Fatoş Balkır, Ve İstanbul Gelişim Orkestrası — “Hey!… Taksi” — Bosporus Bridges 3: A Wide Selection Of Turkish Funk And Jazz
The Crestones — “She’s A Bad Motorcycle” — The Madness Invasion Vol. 2
Al Massrieen — “Bahebek La” — Habibi Funk 006: Modern Music
The Emperors — “Karate [Mono 45 Rpm Version]” — Penniman 45rpm
The Rubies — “Take It Easy Casanova” — Souvenirs of the Soul Clap Vol. 3
Pamelo Mounk’a — “Ngaï Mwana Ya Mana” — Pamelo Mounk’a
The Velvet Underground — “Rock & Roll (Full-Length Version)” — Loaded
Abdou El Omari — “Raksatoun Fillail” — Nuits D’été Avec Naima Samih (Yellow Album)
Panic Buttons — “Come Out Smokin’” — The Philly Sound Get Down: Funky Philly Instrumentals
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Michael Boddicker — “End Credits (Long Version)” — The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension OST
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Pictured: Mando and the Chili Peppers.
The form of the music boxes was a story in itself. Through its form, the jukebox was supposed to stand out “from its not always very colorful surroundings.” The most important man in the company was therefore the designer; while the basic structure for a Wurlitzer was a rounded arch, Seeburg as a rule used rectangular cases with domes on top. The principle seemed to be that each new model could deviate from the previous one only so much, so that it was still recognizable. This principle was so firmly established that a particularly innovative jukebox, shaped like an obelisk, topped not by a head or a flame but by a dish containing the speaker, which propelled the music up toward the ceiling, proved a complete failure. Accordingly, variation was confined almost exclusively to the lighting effects or to components of the frame: a peacock in the middle of the box, in constantly changing colors; plastic surfaces, previously simply colored, now marbled; decorative moldings, once fake bronze, now chromed; arched frames, now in the form of transparent neon tubes, filled with large and small bubbles in constant motion, “signed Paul Fuller”—at this point the reader and observer of this history of design finally learned the name of its main hero and realized that he had always unconsciously wanted to know it, ever since he had first been overcome with amazement at encountering one of these mighty objects glowing in all the colors of the rainbow in some dim back room.
— Peter Handke, The Jukebox & Other Essays On Storytelling.
Here’s what we played in Ep. 344 of No Condition Is Permanent:
Rose Royce — “Is It Love You’re After” — Greatest Hits
Segun Bucknor — “Dye Dye” — Who Say I Tire
Jerry Cole & His Spacemen — “Midnight Surfer” — Lost Legends of Surf Guitar, Vol. 2: Point Panic!
Polibio y Su Vibrafono — “Altas Horas” — Ecuatoriana: El Universo Paralelo de Polibio Mayorga 1969-81
The 101ers — “Silent Telephone” — Deviation Street: High Times in Ladbroke Grove 1967-1975
Liu Guan Lin — “Love Dance Theme Song” — Taiwan & Singapore Disco
Warner Bros Combo — “Study Hall” — Ho-Dad Hootenanny!
Tennors — “Ride Your Donkey” — Let’s Do Rocksteady: The Story of Rocksteady 1966-68
Mando And The Chili Peppers — “Congo Mombo” — Golden Crest Instrumentals Featuring the Wailers
The Ramrods — “Soul Express Pt. 1” — Funky Crimes
Ginger Johnson And His African Messengers — “Witchdoctor” — African Party
American Breed — “It’s Getting Harder” — Best of Dunwich Records Vol. 2
Joe Gibbs & The Professionals — “Jungle Dub” — African Dub All Mighty Chapter 3
Television — “See No Evil” — Marquee Moon
Sonido Verde De Moyobamba — “La Cervecita” — Perú Selvático: Sonic Expedition Into The Peruvian Amazon 1972-1986
Dicky Doo & the Don’ts — “Doo Plus 2” — Crypt of Instros #2
Halim “Janda-Ku” Yatim & the Sangam Boys — “Jauh Pandangan” — Pop Yeh Yeh: Psychedelic Rock from Singapore and Malaysia 1964-1970 Vol. 1
Crabby Appleton — “Go Back” — Crabby Appleton
Van Shipley — “Jan Pahechan Ho” — Bollywood Steel Guitar
James Brown — “Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine” — Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang
Pope Flyne Ackah — “I Think You Are Right (Jepense Que Tu A Raison)” — Borga Revolution! Ghanaian Music In The Digital Age, 1983 – 1996 Vol. 2
Public Image Ltd — “Public Image” — Public Image Ltd
Dr. Alimantado — “Ital Galore” — Best Dressed Chicken In Town
Roy Brown — “Butcher Pete (Part 1)” — Pay Day Jump: The King & Deluxe Acetate Series
Ojoobe Ha — “Beware” — Raks Raks Raks: 27 Golden Garage Psych Nuggets From The Iranian 60s Scene
Young John Watson — “Space Guitar” — R&B Hipshakers, Vol. 4: Bossa Nova and Grits
U-Roy — “Penny For Your Dub” — Riding The Roots Chariot
Alan Vega and Martin Rev — “Be Bop Kid” — Suicide (Second Album)
Joseph Kabasele — “Tika Ndeko Na Yo Te” — Le Grand Kallé: His Life, His Music – Joseph Kabasele and The Creation Of Modern Congolese Music
Ron Rogers — “Yaya” — Mutant Disco Volume 3: Garage Sale
Los Kintos / Tin Marin — “Kintos Jala Jala” — Mag All Stars Vol. 3: The Best of The Peruvian Orquestras Of The 50’s & 60’s
Big Brown — “My Testament” — I Still Hate CD’s: Norton Records 45 RPM Singles Collection
The Fore Thoughts — “Jungee” — Pakistan: Folk and Pop Instrumentals 1966-1976
The Only Ones — “Peter And The Pets” — Vengeance 45rpm
Phương Tâm — “16 60 Năm (60 Years)” — Saigon Surf Twist & Soul (1964-1966)
The Yardbirds — “Hot House Of Omagarishid” — Roger The Engineer (a.k.a. Over Under Sideways Down) [mono]
LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…
Benny Goodman & His Orchestra feat. Dottie Reid — “Easy to Love” — Jazz and Hot Dance in Thailand
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Pictured: Stargard.
Gentle music drifts out of two sets of Klipschorn speakers, filling the room with possibility, and as the guests acclimatize to their new surroundings bodies begin to sway, arms start to stretch, legs limber up, and feet unconsciously flicker. Note by note, beat by beat, the music becomes more intense and rhythmic until everyone and everything is drawn into a dizzying display of movement. The source of the music, however, remains a mystery: party host David Mancuso is placing records on his AR turntables but his inspiration comes from the dancers, who in turn are inspired by the music. The messages are untraceably complex—no physicist could hope to calculate the unfolding relations of energy, force, and motion—but the communication is unmistakable. This is a new situation, and it will soon become the incubator for the most influential network of club owners and DJs of the 1970s and 1980s.
— Tim Lawrence, Love Saves The Day: A History of American Dance Music Culture 1970-1979.
Here’s what we played in Ep. 343 of No Condition Is Permanent:
Stargard — “Wear It Out” — Ministry Of Sound: Anthems Disco
Livy Ekemezie — “Delectation” — Friday Night
Mad Plaids — “Blood Rare” — Wolf Call!
Les Loups Noirs — “Comprann Lavi” — Encore
The Litter — “Action Woman” — Nuggets I: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era
Jah Frankie Jones & Agrovators — “Jessy Black” — Satta An Praise Jah
San Remo Golden Strings — “Festival Time” — Double Cookin’: Classic Northern Soul Instrumentals
Tito Puente and His Orchestra — “Tu No Eres Nadie” — Ti Mon Bo
The Slaves — “Hari’s Harem” — Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights
Johnny Haastrup — “Greetings” — Nigeria Disco Funk Special: The Sound Of The Underground Lagos Dancefloor 1974-79
Frank Wilson — “Do I Love You?” — Our Generation: 75 Mod Classics, A Way Of Life
Sapan Jagmohan ft. Mohd. Rafi & Pankaj Mittra — “Meri Aakhon Mein Ek Sapna Hai” — Psych Funk Sa-Re-Ga!
Warner Brothers — “Dirty Ernie” — Best of Dunwich Records Vol. 2
The Son Of P.M. — “Hey Klong Yao [Klong Yao]” — Hey Klong Yao!: Essential Collection Of Modernized Thai Music From The 1960s
The Just Brothers — “Sliced Tomatoes” — Invictus Soul Box Set
Junior Delgado — “Sons of Slaves (12” version)” — The Best of Sons of Slaves: Rebel Anthems from a Roots Legend
Jack Bruce — “He the Richmond” — Songs For A Tailor
Ray & His Court — “Tamangari” — Cookie Crumbs: A Funk Anthology
The Rumblers — “Soulful Jerk” — Boss Surf Music Classics
Katsuko Kanai — “Mini Mini Girl” — Nippon Girls 2: Japanese Pop, Beat & Rock’n’roll 1965-70
Jeff Simmons — “Zondo Zondo” — Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up
King Tubby — “A Stalawatt Version” — King Tubby’s Hometown Hi-Fi Dubplate Specials 1975-1979
Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant — “Stratosphere Boogie” — Stratosphere Boogie: The Flaming Guitars of Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant
Peyo Torres y Sus Diablos Del Ritmo — “La Veterana” — Diablos del Ritmo: The Colombian Melting Pot 1960-1985
The Mothers of Invention — “Son of Suzy Creamcheese” — Absolutely Free [Mono]
Los Orientales de Paramonga — “Sabor a Caña” — Cumbia Beat Vol. 2: Tropical Sounds from Peru 1966–1983
Iron Knowledge — “Showstopper” — Chains & Black Exhaust
Les Bantous De La Capitale — “Watchimara” — Congo Revolution: Afro-Latin / Jazz & Funk – Sounds from The Two Congos 1957-1973
The Fading Tribesmen — “More Feathers (Indian)” — White Trash Rockers, Vol. 2: I Am An Ape 1950’s-Early 1960’s
Vaudou Game — “Grasse mat” — Otodi
Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band — “Dirty Blue Gene” — Doc at the Radar Station
Dennis Bovell — “Aqua Dub” — Brain Damage
The Velvet Underground — “There She Goes Again” — The Velvet Underground & Nico [mono]
Los Sander’s De Ñaña — “Caminando De La Mano” — El Sonido De La Carretera Central: Con El Rey De La Guitarra Teo Laura
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Terry Adams Rock’n’Roll Quartet — “My Girlfriend’s Pretty” — Terry Adams Rock’n’Roll Quartet Live
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Pictured: The late Tom Verlaine.
The other night I was walking home from a restaurant when I saw Tom Verlaine going through the dollar bins outside a used-book store. I’d been surprised to see him there a few times in recent weeks. Usually I only spot him somewhere once every two or three years. In public he always holds himself nervously apart from everyone, meeting no eyes, as if he assumes everyone wants to accost him. His head and neck perch like a raggedy spooked hawk on the high bulky prospect of his middle-aged body, above the crowds, his eyes self-consciously focused on something in the distance. When I see him on the street I don’t try to get his attention, but this time I was too curious to let the moment pass. What was he doing? The books in the dollar bins are as useless as they come—outdated textbooks, forgotten mass-market trash, operating manuals. I walked up to him and asked, “Finding out anything about flying saucers?” The last time I’d spoken to him in person, as opposed to a few e-mails, had been seven or eight years before. “Yes, this is the Greek edition.” He grinned at me, holding out a Greek-language three-volume set of some sort, proffering it theatrically, as if it were a great, but fragile, and possibly dangerous, prize and he was an animated cartoon, like Gumby, the way he does. He smiled something else, wide-eyed, going along with the flying saucer stuff. I replied, “I hear Plato came from Pluto.” He continued to smile widely. His teeth looked brown and broken in the night light, even worse than mine (he still smokes), and his face was porous and expanded and his hair coarse gray. I turned away and walked on, shocked. We were like two monsters confiding, but that wasn’t what shocked me. It was that my feeling was love. I felt grateful for him and believed in him, and inside myself I affirmed the way he is impossible and the way it’s impossible to like him. It had never been any different. I felt as close to him as I ever did. What else do I have to believe in but people like him? I’m like him for God’s sake. I am him.
— Richard Hell, I Dreamed I Was A Very Clean Tramp: An Autobiography.
Here’s what we played in Ep. 340 of No Condition Is Permanent:
The Salsoul Orchestra — “Chicago Bus Stop” — The Anthology
Voices Of Darkness — “Mota Ginya” — Nigeria Disco Funk Special: The Sound Of The Underground Lagos Dancefloor 1974-79
The Jaguars — “Jaguar” — Las Vegas Grind! Vol. 6
Prince Alla — “Naw Go A Them Burial” — Top Ranking DJ Session Volumes 1 & 2
Screamin’ Joe Neal — “She’s My Baby” — ‘Black’ Rock ‘N’ Roll – Savage Kick Vol. 01
Lee Pei Jing — “Silver $100,000” — Taiwan & Singapore Disco
Lora Logic — “Wonderful Offer” — Pedigree Charm
Soul Continentals — “Goobah (African Twist)” — Funky Crimes
Wganda Kenya — “Bayesa” — Quantic Presents Tropical Funk Experience
Les Fleur De Lys — “Wait For Me” — The Immediate Singles Collection
Ferry Djimmy And His Dji-Kins — “Atakpa DC 9” — Rhythm Revolution
Tom Verlaine — “Mr. Bingo” — Tom Verlaine
Salamat — “Shamandoura” — Mambo El Soudani
Mourning Reign — “Our Fate” — Garage Beat ’66, Vol. 6: Speak of the Devil…
Ray & His Court — “El Bimbo” — Cookie Crumbs: A Funk Anthology
The Move — “Do Ya” — Message from the Country
Ali Hassan Kuban — “Habibi” — Walk Like A Nubian
The Stallions — “Why” — Hey Baby It’s The Stallions
Mohjah — “Zion Gates (Dub)” — Body Beat: Soca-Dub and Electronic Calypso (1979-98)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band — “Call on Me” — Safe As Milk [mono]
Ersen — “Kara Yazi” — Love, Peace & Poetry: Turkish Psychedelic Music
The A-Bones — “Oh Yeah” — Ears Wide Shut
Los Camaroes — “Boo A Nun Muna” — A Journey Into Cameroonian Music
The Elite — “One Potato” — Fort Worth Teen Scene Vol. 1
Pazy & The Black Hippies — “Elizabeth” — Wa Ho Ha
Iggy & the Stooges — “Death Trip” — Raw Power [Iggy Pop Mix]
The Techniques — “Gambling Dub” — Techniques In Dub
Experience Unlimited — “Functus” — Free Yourself
Crown Heights Affair — “Every Beat Of My Heart” — On The Real Side: The Modern End Of Northern Soul
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Ennio Morricone — “L’Assoluto Naturale” — L’Assoluto Naturale OST
Pictured: Lakeside.
Sylvia Robinson staged the first of the breakthrough events on 11 March at the Ritz. The Funky 4 + 1 More set the Sugar Hill review rolling, the guys wearing white turtleneck suits and Sha-Rock dressed in fuchsia pants, a matching vest, and a ribbed sweater. Sequence, Spoonie Gee, and guest artist Coati Mundi followed in a parade of autobiographical boosterism. Then came [Grandmaster] Flash, who took to the stage dressed in a black cape, followed by the Furious Five, who wore swanky black and white outfits and executed Temptations- style moves that were so sharp the Sugarhill Gang’s finale turned out to be anticlimactic. Working the crowd between the acts and after the show, DJ Justin Strauss interspersed rap records with songs such as “I Hear Music in the Streets.” Fearful that “the trendists who sit in the trees of the music industry like vultures will soon be ready to swoop down on rap and pick it to the bone as they did with disco in 1978 and 1979,” Dance Music Report noted that the moment when Flash dedicated the evening to disco and the DJ’s was“exhilarating.” Even skeptics were seduced. “I still change the station when I hear a rap record on the radio,” Vince Aletti wrote in the Village Voice, having gone back to writing for music after he parted ways with Warner Bros., “but I haven’t had this much fun at a concert since I saw the old Motown Revue at the Brooklyn Fox.”
— Tim Lawrence, Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor, 1980-1983.
Here’s what we played in Ep. 339 of No Condition Is Permanent:
Ohio Players — “Love Rollercoaster” — Honey
Bongos Ikwue & The Groovies — “You’ve Gotta Help Yourself” — Nigeria Disco Funk Special: The Sound Of The Underground Lagos Dancefloor
Arvee Allens — “Fast Freight” — Surf’s Comin’
M. Ashraf & Noor Jehan — “Disco Dildaar Mera” — Disco Dildar
Chris Farlowe — “Everyone Makes A Mistake” — The Immediate Singles Collection
Los Kintos — “El Fiel Enamorado” — Los Kintos
The Liberty Bell — “I Can See” — Garage Beat ’66, Vol. 5: Readin’ Your Will!
Errol Brown and The Revolutionaries — “Ballistic Version aka Sly Special” — Tip Top Dub
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen — “Everybody’s Doin’ It” — Too Much Fun: The Best Of Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
Sonthaya Kalasin — “Best Friend and Best Friend (Instrumental)” — Classic Productions By Surin Phaksiri 2: Molam Gems From The 1960s-80s
The Tonettes — “I Gotta Know” — Basement Beehive: The Girl Group Underground
Black Savage — “Grassland” — Black Savage
The Detroit Emeralds — “Things Are Looking Up” — The Westbound Sound of Detroit: Sensational Motor City Groups 1969-1975
Fruko y Sus Tesos — “Bang Bang” — World’s Funkiest Covers
The Undertones — “Hypnotised” — The Very Best of The Undertones 1979-1983
The Upsetter Revue featuring Junior Murvin — “Rasta Get Ready (People Get Ready)” — Police & Thieves (Deluxe Edition)
The Moroccos — “Morocco Chant” — Rumba Doowop ’55
Los Ecos — “La Gran Pelea” — Psicofasicos de Bolivia
Al Wilson — “The Snake” — Ultimate Northern Soul: 22 Classic & Rare Floorshakers!
Karl Hector & The Malcouns — “Koloko Pt. 1” — Sahara Swing
James Brown — “Funky President (People It’s Bad)” — Star Time: The Godfather of Soul
Takeshi Terauchi — “Ginza No Onna” — Nippon Guitars
Wesley Reynolds — “Say There” — Loc-A-Li & Eeny Meeny: Exotic Blues & Rhythm Vol. 11 & 12
Roland Louis Orchestra — “Play Up Play Up” — Rare Afro & Caribbean Funk Vol. 2
Shoes — “She’ll Disappear” — Black Vinyl Shoes
The Uniques — “One Life” — Watch This Sound
The Isley Brothers — “Wild As A Tiger” — R&B Humdingers 4
Ringo Star — “Ne Refuse Pas” — Ne Refuse Pas
Roxy Music — “She Sells” — Siren
Omar Khorshid — “Warakat Ya Nassib (Lottery Ticket)” — Guitar El Chark
Lakeside — “Fantastic Voyage” — Frankie Crocker: Do It Frankie, Do It To It!
The Prophets — “Ten To One (Version)” — King Tubby’s Prophecies Of Dub
The Bush — “To Die Alone” — Impossible But True: The Kim Fowley Story
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Burt Bacharach & Session Musicians — “Are You There with Another Girl?” — Bob Brainen’s Tracks
Pictured: The Small Faces.
Although few executives and managers were as brutal as Sharon Osbourne’s father, most had no more time for artists’ complaints than he did. Steve Marriott was notorious for speaking his mind, an attitude that sprang from a pronounced class-consciousness and a belief that talent would be enough to see him through. In 1966, it got the Small Faces excluded from Top of the Pops. Believing that the show’s producer was retiring, Marriott strode up to him after miming their latest single, ‘My Mind’s Eye’, and announced, ‘I’m glad you’re leaving. I always thought you were a major cunt.’ The BBC producer calmly informed him that it was another member of the crew who was leaving, then showed Marriott the studio door and told him not to return. The singer discovered the hard way that a refusal to play the game was just as costly in the music industry after the artists’ revolt of the 1960s as it had been in the days of Tin Pan Alley. In short, it had become acceptable to drop your Hs, but if you didn’t mind your Ps and Qs you could still get into a lot of trouble.
— Richard Weight, Mod: A Very British Style.
Here’s what we played in Ep. 338 of No Condition Is Permanent:
Eddie Kendricks — “Boogie Down” — The Ultimate Collection: Eddie Kendricks
Mono Mono — “Kenimania” — Nigeria Rock Special: Psychedelic Afro-Rock & Fuzz Funk in 1970s Nigeria
Jan Davis — “Boss Machine” — Lost Legends of Surf Guitar, Vol. 2: Point Panic!
Fadoul — “Tayeh” — Al Zman Saib
Small Faces — “Happy Boys Happy” — The Darlings Of Wapping Wharf Laundrette
The Upsetters — “Man from M.i.5” — Return of Django
The Johnson Brothers — “Casting My Spell” — Spirit of The Cramps: Selections From The Vinyl Stack Of Lux And Ivy
Zou Juan Juan — “Zou Juan Juan Sings The Disco” — Taiwan & Singapore Disco
The Bostweeds — “Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!” — Born Bad Vol.1
Buppa Saichol — “Waker” — Thai Funk ZudRangMa Vol. 2
The Sound Track — “I See The Light” — Keb Darge And Cut Chemist present The Dark Side: 28 Sixties Garage Punk and Psyche Monsters
Los Ilusionistas — “Colegiala” — The Roots of Chicha 2: Psychedelic Cumbias from Peru
Fanga — “Crache La Douleur [feat. Tony Allen]” — Natural Juice
Ramones — “Cretin Hop“ — Rocket to Russia
Johnny Zamot — “Soul Makossa” — New York Latin Hustle! The Sound of New York
The Pirates — “You Don’t Own Me” — Out of Their Skulls
Sexteto Electronico Moderno — “Comin’ Home Baby” — Sounds from The Elegant World: Groovy Night Club Music From Uruguay (1968-71)
Essential Logic — “Wake Up” — Beat Rhythm News (Waddle Ya Play?)
Sapan Jagmohan — “Sote Sote Adhi Rat” — Bollywood Bloodbath: The B-Music of the Indian Horror Film Industry
Wire — “Our Swimmer [2nd Length] (Single)” — 154
Patrick Andy & Yabby You — “Sufferation Dub” — Living In Mount Zion
The Treniers — “Poon-Tang!” — They Rock! They Roll! They Swing!
Tito Puente and His Orchestra — “Sacala” — Ti Mon Bo
The Clash — “City of the Dead” — CBS 45rpm
Andre Brasseur — “Special 230” — Nymphomania 3: More Sexy European Go-Go Music From The 60’s
Kid Creole & the Coconuts — “I Am” — Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places
Roberto De La Barrera y Su Piano — “Sabrosón” — Diablos del Ritmo: The Colombian Melting Pot 1960-1985
The Velvet Underground — “Beginning to See the Light” — The Velvet Underground [mono]
Joseph Kabasele — “Africa Boogaloo” — Le Grand Kallé: His Life, His Music – Joseph Kabasele And The Creation Of Modern Congolese Music
Triumphs — “Surfside Date” — I Hate CDs: Norton Records 45 RPM Singles Collection Vol. 1
Dengue Fever — “We Were Gonna” — Escape from Dragon House
The Night Owls — “Stompin’” — Frolic Diner Vol. 5
Joe Gibbs & The Professionals — “Freedom Call” — African Dub All-Mighty – Chapter 3
LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…
The Delfonics — “Ready or Not Here I Come (Can’t Hide from Love)” — Ready or Not: Thom Bell Philly Soul Arrangements & Productions 1965–1978
Pictured: Sadistic Mika Band.
LET ART CONTINUE TO BE ENTERTAINING, escapist, stunning, naturalistic and glamorous – but let it also be loaded with information worked into the vapid plots of movies, for instance. Each one would be a more or less complete exposition of one subject or another. Thus you would have Tony Curtis or Janet Leigh busily making yogurt; Humphrey Bogart struggling to introduce a basic civil rights law course into public schools; infants being given to the old in homes for the aged by Ginger Rogers; donut shaped dwellings with sunlight pouring into central patios for all, designed by Gary Cooper; soft clear plastic bubblecars with hooks that attach to monorails built by Charlton Heston that pass over the free paradise of abandoned objects in the center of the city near where the community movie sets would also be; and where Maria Montez and Johnny Weismuller would labor to dissolve all national boundaries and release the prisoners of Uranus. But the stairway to socialism is blocked up by the Yvonne De Carlo tabernacle choir waving bloody palm branches and waiting to sing the “Hymn to the Sun” by Irving Berlin. This is the rented moment of exotic landlordism of Crab Lagoon!
— Jack Smith, Historical Treasures.
Here’s what we played in Ep. 337 of No Condition Is Permanent:
The Armada Orchestra — “I Love Music” — Philly Armada
Gabo Brown & Orchestre Poly-Rythmo — “It’s A Vanity” — African Scream Contest
The Gestics — “invasion” — Sleazy Surf! Vol 1
Max Romeo — “Wet Dream” — Trojan Box Set: X-Rated Box Set
The Alan Bown! — “Penny for Your Thoughts” — Outward Bown…Plus
Los Satelites — “Pa’ La Playa” — The Afrosound of Colombia Vol. 3
Hasil Adkins — “Peanut Butter Rock and Roll” — Peanut Butter Rock and Roll
Liu Guan Lin — “Fire” — Taiwan & Singapore Disco
Nat Fross — “Too Many Skeletons in the Closet” — Eccentric Soul: The Shiptown Label
Les Loups Noirs — “Pele Rien” — Tanbou Toujou Lou: Meringue, Kompa Kreyol, Vodou Jazz, & Electric Folklore from Haiti 1960-1981
The Bell Notes — “I’ve Had It” — Rockin’ on Broadway: The Time, Brent, Shad Story
Ray Barretto — “New York Soul” — Let’s Boogaloo! Vol. 2
Billy Nicholls — “Girl From New York” — MOJO Presents… Small Faces & Friends
Lord Creator & The Upsetters — “Big Pussy Sally (Extended)” — Return of The Super Ape
T.D. & Jimmy James 3 — “Jalapeno Pep” — Feeling Nice Vol 1: A Collection Of Super Rare & Superheavy Funk 45s From The Late 60s & Early 70s
Grupo Rosado — “El Super Corcho” — Chicha for The Jet Set
Television — “Friction” — Marquee Moon
Persona — “Fogo” — Som
The Detroit Cobras — “Bad Girl” — Mink, Rat or Rabbit
Ferry Djimmy And His Dji-Kins — “Carry Me Blak” — Rhythm Revolution
Procol Harum — “Poor Mohammed” — Broken Barricades
Carol Kim — “Nỗi Buồn Con Gái (The Sadness Of Being A Girl)” — Saigon Rock & Soul: Vietnamese Classic Tracks 1968-1974
Essential Logic — “Aerosol Burns” — Post-Punk Essentials
Sadistic Mika Band — “Time Machine ni Onegai (Time Machine)” — Kurofune (Black Ship)
Masters Of Reality — “Gimme Water” — Sunrise On The Sufferbus
Fela Kuti — “Fight To Finish” — Fela’s London Scene
Wally and the Knights — “Hang on Little Mama” — Souvenirs of the Soul Clap Vol. 4
Marie et Les Garçons — “ReBop” — Spy 45rpm
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band — “Son Of Mirror Man – Mere Man” — Strictly Personal
LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…
Mina — “Se Telefonado” — The Best Italian Hits Vol. 3
Pictured: Erol Büyükburç.
Ultimately, minstrelsy was an institution with an ideology, and that ideology was not a benign one. But it was also a human institution; an American institution; worst of all, a showbiz institution. As an American human with showbiz experience, I feel entitled to a little skepticism about just what the average minstrel’s degree of interest was in the ideological aspects of his trade. For many, I’m sure it was just a good wheeze, a throwaway joke told by people who didn’t know, think, or care nearly so much about whom they told it on as about the laughs they were getting. It was entertainment. It was rock ‘n’ roll. And, if minstrelsy was anything like any of the crazes that followed it—like ragtime, like jazz, like swing, like rock and soul and hip-hop—some of those blacked-up ofays must have felt a sincere and unfeigned admiration for the black musicians they were imitating. Some of them must have internalized the music, understood it, played it with sympathy, skill, and creativity. Minstrelsy must have had its Joe Lambs and Jack Teagardens, its Elvises and its Eminems.
— David Wondrich, Stomp and Swerve: American Music Gets Hot 1843-1924.
Here’s what we played in Ep. 336 of No Condition Is Permanent:
Miracles — “Love Machine (Part 1)” — Sweet Soul Music: 24 Scorching Classics From 1975
Diane Solo — “N’Ziketio” — Return to The Mothers’ Garden: More Funky Sounds Of Female Africa 1971-1982
Dantes — “80-96” — Lux and Ivy’s Favorites Vol 9
Ghabilehe Leili — “Mehr Pooya” — Psych Funk 101: A Global Psychedelic Funk Curriculum
The Dickies — “Manny, Moe & Jack” — Dawn of the Dickies
Shi Ni — “Shi Ni (Sings Disco)” — Taiwan & Singapore Disco
Willie Bollinger — “Shake Shake Shake” — Memphis 60: Soul, R&b And Proto Funk From Soul City USA
The San Francisco TKOs — “Herm” — Funky Crimes
The Oriental Brothers International — “Tax Drive” — Afro Psych: Journeys Into Psychedelic Africa 1972 – 1977
The Pathfinders — “Why” — Planet Beat (From The Shel Talmy Vaults)
Ranking Trevor — “Rub A Dub Style” — In Fine Style
The President — “Love Forever” — Thai Funk ZudRangMa Vol. 2
The Waikikis — “Pacific punch” — Trashcan 1: Exotica Special
Los Zheros — “Alibaba” — Perú Selvático: Sonic Expedition Into The Peruvian Amazon 1972-1986
Paul Revere & The Raiders — “Steppin’ Out” — Nuggets I: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era
Liev Tuk — “Rom Sue Sue (Dance Soul Soul)” — Cambodian Nuggets
The Modern Lovers — “Someone I Care About” — The Modern Lovers
Orquesta Akokán — “Mambo Rapidito” — Orquesta Akokán
Curtis Knight — “The Devil Made Me Do It” — Chains & Black Exhaust
Pier’ Rosier & Gazolinn’ — “Top Secret” — Gazolinn’
The Jades — “I’m All Right” — Fort Worth Teen Scene Vol. 2
Alessandro Alessandroni — “Club Jazz” — Sangue di Sbirro OST
The Action — “Look at the View” — Rolled Gold
Seguida — “Om Marreo” — New York Latin Hustle! The Sound of New York
The Only Ones — “Lovers Of Today” — Vengeance 45rpm
Erol Büyükburç — “Hop Dedik” — Love, Peace & Poetry: Turkish Psychedelic Music
Cupit — “Squeeze Your Knees” — MFSB: Mutha Funkin Sonofabitch: The Truth Behind The Philly Legend
George Faith & The Upsetters — “I’ve Got The Dub (Exclusive Dub Plate Mix)” — The Return Of Sound System Scratch (More Lee Perry Dub Plate Mixes & Rarities 1973-1979)
Velvet Underground — “Temptation Inside Your Heart” — VU
Sam Mangwana — “Bi kumba-kumba” — Eddy’Son Présente
LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…
Kensington Market — “Half Closed Eyes” — Aardvark
Pictured: The New York Dolls.
Melody Maker’s Roy Hollingworth pinpointed the Dolls’ delinquency as a form of truancy from meaning: ‘No messages. No instructions through song! Nothing to think about. Nothing to admire.’ The Dolls were Utterly Without Redeeming Social Value, to borrow the title of a 1967 low-budget movie. Their flip attitude to anything to do with causes or consciousness can be seen in a concert clip of the band in LA.. Johansen mentions the tour’s next stop is San Francisco, where, he notes mockingly, ‘people are into social reform’. When the Dolls arrive in ’Frisco and play their gig at The Matrix, he introduces ‘Private World’ and describes it as influenced by Cuban rumba. Recalling reading about Castro’s takeover of Cuba in newspapers as a child, Johansen jests about how ‘before those horrible Communists took over, they used to gamble and swing. Now all they do is build hospitals and work on the farm – and how boring is that.’
— Simon Reynolds, Shock and Awe: Glam Rock and its Legacy.
Here’s what we played in Ep. 335 of No Condition Is Permanent:
The Controllers — “Sho Nuff A Blessin” — In Control
Sony Enang — “Don’t Stop That Music” — Doing It in Lagos: Boogie, Pop & Disco in 1980s Nigeria
The Gestics — “Rockin’ Fury” — Diggin’ Out
Barış Manço — “Yolverin Agalar Beyler” — 2023
Model Citizens — “Animal Instincts” — Model Citizens EP
Cui Ai Lian — “Youth Idol” — Taiwan & Singapore Disco
The Detroit Cobras — “Slummer (The Slum)” — Mink, Rat or Rabbit
New York Dolls — “Pills” — New York Dolls
Khun Narin Electric Phin Band — “Chakkim Kap Tokto” — II
Roy Loney & The A-Bones — “Stop It Baby” — Boy Meets Bone EP
Tafo Brothers & Noor Jehan — “Happy New Year” — Disco Dildar
The Rising Suns — “I’m Blue” — Fort Worth Teen Scene Vol. 1
Joe Gibbs & The Professionals — “Zion Gate” — African Dub All-Mighty Chapter 3
Funkadelic — “Whole Lot Of BS” — Maggot Brain
Fresa Juvenil De Tarapoto — “Cumbion Universal” — Perú Selvático: Sonic Expedition Into The Peruvian Amazon 1972-1986
Roland James — “Guitarville” — High School Rumble Vol 2: 18 Explosive 50’s/60’s Instrumentals
Johnny Sedes and His Orchestra — “El Manicero” — Mama Calunga
The Tabbys — “Hong Kong Baby” — The Madness Invasion Vol. 1
Alessandro Alessandroni — “Snake Disco (From “Emanuelle a Tahiti”)” — Alessandroni Proibito: Music from Red Light Films 1977-1980
Sho Nuff — “Mix Match Man” — From The Gut To The Butt
The Boris Gardiner Happening — “Expression Dub” — Ultra Super Dub Vol. 1
Vickie & The Van Dykes — “I Wanna Be a Winner” — Basement Beehive: The Girl Group Underground
Sonora Tropical — “Lluvia” — Diablos del Ritmo: The Colombian Melting Pot 1960-1985
MC5 — “Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa)” — Kick Out The Jams
Koes Plus — “Poor Clown” — 1967
Salamat Meet Les Musiciens Du Nil — “El Zol Al Asal” — Salam Delta
Lenny Dee — “Plantation Boogie” — Dr. Boogie Presents Bear Traces: Nugget’s From Bob’s Barn
Wganda Kenya — “El Abanico” — Homenaje A Los Embajadores
Lee Tracy & Isaac Manning — “Talk Around Town” — Is It What You Want
Franco & Tabu Ley Rochereau — “Omona Wapi” — Omona Wapi
Bonzo Dog Band — “Humanoid Boogie” — The Doughnut In Granny’s Greenhouse
LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…
The Qualities — “Happy New Year To You!” — Sun Ra – The Singles: The Definitive 45s Collection 1952-1991
Pictured: The Feelies.
The ghosts of Manhattan are not the spirits of the propertied classes; these are entombed in their names, their works, their constructions. New York’s ghosts are the unresting souls of the poor, the marginal, the dispossessed, the depraved, the defective, the recalcitrant. They are the guardian spirits of the urban wilderness in which they lived and died. Unrecognized by the history that is common knowledge, they push invisibly behind it to erect their memorials in the collective unconscious. The myth of the city insists on progress, bigger and better and more all the time; nostalgia of the usual sort is founded on regret for vanished coziness and civility. The city’s unconscious is the repository of all that these two outlooks omit, the repressed history of vice and crime, misery and graft, panic and despair, chaos and saturnalia. While New York has adopted as its nickname the Big Apple, that hopeful tag given it by jazz musicians when their art was remuneratively in fashion, the city might more truthfully answer to the twin appellations by which it was known to tramps: the Big Smear and the Big Onion.
— Lucy Sante, Low Life.
Here’s what we played in Ep. 333 of No Condition Is Permanent:
The Four Tops — “Are You Man Enough” — Fourever
Orchestre Super Jheevs des Paillotes — “Ye Nan Lon An” — African Scream Contest
The Original Surfaris — “Surfs Up” — Lost Legends of Surf Guitar, Vol. 1: Big Noise From Waimea!
Orkes Teruna Ria — “Tak Ton Tong” — Padang Moonrise: The Birth of the Modern Indonesian Recording Industry ⋆ 1955-69
Essential Logic — “Quality Crayon Wax OK” — Beat Rhythm News (Waddle Ya Play?)
The Boris Gardiner Happening — “She Dub” — Ultra Super Dub Vol. 2
Stillroven — “Little Picture Playhouse” — Cast Thy Burden Upon
Johnny Sedes And His Orchestra — “Guajira Dancers” — Mama Calunga
Damn Sam the Miracle Man and the Soul Congregation — “L.A. 26000” — Damn Sam the Miracle Man and the Soul Congregation
Stelvio Cipriani — “Fifty Women For Blindman” — Blindman OST
Buari — “Karam Bani” — Buari
Lee & The Satellites — “Countdown” — High School Rumble Vol. 1: 18 Explosive 50’s/60’s Instrumentals
Germán Neciosup y Su Orquesta — “Casamiento No” — MAG: 14 Magníficos Bailables
The Cramps — “Bop Pills” — Stay Sick!
Prince Alla [w. Phillip Fraser] — “Black Rose” — Only Love Can Conquer 1976-1979
Two Crows & The Diggers feat. Lloyd Rowe — “Poison Ivy” — West Coast Guitar Killers Vol 2 (‘52-‘69)
Judy Teng — “Looking for Love” — Taiwan & Singapore Disco
Lou’s Band — “Don’t Stop” — Taste Me
Vaudou Game — “Bella” — Noussin
The Contours — “First I Look At the Purse” — Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971
Tito Puente — “Para Los Rumberos” — New York Latin Hustle! The Sound of New York
Claude McLin — “Jambo” — Great Googa Mooga
La Düsseldorf — “La Düsseldorf” — La Düsseldorf
Link Wray & The Wraymen — “White Lightnin’” — Big Box of Link Wray and More Kings of Distortion
Coco Lagos Y Su Orates — “Descarga Jala Jala” — Gozalo! Bugalu Tropical Vol. 1
Mose Allison — “Parchman Farm” — Walk on The Wild Side: The Jazz Side of Mod
Thongmark Leacha — “Teaching the Daughter” — Molam: Thai Country Groove From Isan Vol. 2
The Feelies — “Forces at Work” — Ork Records: New York, New York
Pamelo Mounka — “Non Monsieur” — L’incontournable
Billy Larkin & The Delegates — “Pigmy” — The Rustlers Roots of Funk
The Revolutionaries — “Seventy Nine Rock” — Linval Thompson & Friends: Rockers From Channel One
The Shandillons — “Shoop De Hoop Twine” — Teen Expo: The Cleopatra Label
Bich Loan and CBC Band — “Tinh Yêu Tuyệt Vời (The Greatest Love)” — Saigon Rock & Soul: Vietnamese Classic Tracks 1968-1974
LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…
Spike Jones — “Cocktails For Two” — Dinner Music …for People Who Aren’t Very Hungry
"The compensation for the loss of innocence, of simplicity, of unselfconscious energy, is the classic moment... It's there on record. You can play it any time."
- George Melly, Revolt Into Style
"Reciprovocation ees the spites of life, M'sieur"
- Mlle. Hepzibah, Pogo